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Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl is busting out of his Army base — but this time with a little supervision.

The former POW — who was released by the Taliban in exchange for five Guantanamo Bay detainees May 31 — has taken several trips away from Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, where he’s currently recuperating, a military spokeswoman told CNN.

Bergdahl’s off-base excursions are meant to slowly reintroduce him to normal life, the spokesperson said. So far, he’s taken trips to a library, a supermarket and several stores — always with members of his reintegration team.

He’s even stopped for grub at fast-food and sit-down restaurants.

“Sometimes they sit at the table with him,” said the Army spokeswoman, referring to his escorts. “… Other times, they hang in the background.”

Bergdahl switches up his wardrobe for the trips — sometimes wearing civilian clothes, other times sporting his military uniform.

Despite his controversial homecoming, members of the public have shaken his hand when in uniform, according to the Army spokeswoman.

Bergdahl’s reintegration phase will come to a close in the next several weeks, at which point he’ll be assigned to an Army unit, the official said.

The Army is conducting a formal investigation into how and why the soldier left his Afghanistan base in 2009. Former members of his unit have called him a deserter and charged him with endangering the lives of the soldiers who searched for him.